'The world is changing':Minister warns girls will be unemployable without STEM
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'The world is changing':Minister warns girls will be unemployable without STEM

Industry Minister Karen Andrews says large numbers of Australian girls will struggle to find work if they don't study science and maths.

  • byJudith Ireland

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'Unprecedented in Australia':Meet the women leading science across government
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'Unprecedented in Australia':Meet the women leading science across government

Industry and Science Minister Karen Andrews is among a"striking"number of women in science leadership,but she says it"should be unremarkable".

  • byJudith Ireland
Forty-plus reasons to celebrate:the schools that excelled in science and humanities

Forty-plus reasons to celebrate:the schools that excelled in science and humanities

Getting boys to read more and opening a custom-designed STEM lab are among the approaches that helped in the quest for VCE success.

  • byMichael Fowler andCraig Butt
Seven study options to combat climate change

Seven study options to combat climate change

The transition to a post-carbon society requires finance,policy and marketing skills alongside scientists and engineers,influencing the uni courses this year's HSC graduates may choose.

  • byFran Molloy
'Be ambitious,refocus the agenda':Tehan on flagging student results

'Be ambitious,refocus the agenda':Tehan on flagging student results

Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has called on his state counterparts to be bold and embrace reforms that put literacy and numeracy"at the heart of anything we do".

  • byPaul Sakkal
App developer and former Victoria's Secret model inspires Perth women in tech
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App developer and former Victoria's Secret model inspires Perth women in tech

Lyndsey Scott,a part-time developer with dozens of successful applications under her belt,visited Perth this week to inspire young WA girls to get into the tech sector.

  • byHamish Hastie
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Time to build bridges to STEM the engineering gap
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Opinion

Time to build bridges to STEM the engineering gap

Low female participation in engineering and IT degrees has been a matter of concern for decades.

  • byArti Agrawal andSarah Coull
'This will stick in our minds for a long time':Macinley's invention could change lives for one cent

'This will stick in our minds for a long time':Macinley's invention could change lives for one cent

A simple test to check whether water is safe to drink has won university student Macinley Butson a prestigious international award.

  • byLatika Bourke
'Excruciatingly generous':UTS ATAR discount for women so patronising
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University

'Excruciatingly generous':UTS ATAR discount for women so patronising

As someone who missed the ATAR requirement for her first choice by less than half a point,a 10-point advantage seems excessive.

  • byAlifa Monjur
Sydney students to take rubber band-shooting robot to Japan

Sydney students to take rubber band-shooting robot to Japan

When year 6 students from a Sydney public school started up their robot,it malfunctioned and started shooting rubber bands at the judges.

  • byPallavi Singhal
The maths equation that tried to stump the internet

The maths equation that tried to stump the internet

The latest blowup on mathematical Twitter concerned a seemingly simple question.